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The Problem of Evil: The Challenge to Essential
Christian Beliefs.
By Jeremy A. Evans. Nashville, TN: B&H Academic, 2013. 226 pp. $24.99. ISBN
978-7-4336-7180-7. The Problem of Evil has been said to
be the only really good argument against the existence of God, as broadly
construed by the major Theistic religions. The problem of evil, which began as
what could be broadly construed as the logical problem of evil, in the writings
of some ancient philosophers, has taken on a number of different forms, and
been advanced by a number of different authors. In this book, Jeremy Evans
seeks to interact with, and defeat, all of the known versions of the problem of
evil. In this review we will consider the purpose of this book, its general
outline, as well as considering some relative advantages and disadvantages of
this book. The General Editor of the B&H
Series in Christian Apologetics, Robert B. Stewart, notes that the books in
this series are written for Colleg…

A prelude to this ENORMOUS blog post is necessary. In what follows I attempt to explain what Martin Heidegger, one of the most interesting, and difficult to follow, thinkers of the 20th century, is doing in his lectures that can be found in the book "Phenomenological Interpretations of Aristotle: Initiation into Phenomenological Research". I will not, in this article, be providing any type of response (assuming some response must be given) to his thoughts. This article is part of the research for my doctoral dissertation, and, as such, I see no need to provide any substantial response at this point. I see what I perceive to be some important difficulties, however, in order to properly respond to the position of any thinker one must, first of all, understand them, and be able to explain their thought in one's own words, in such a way that that thinker would agree. The major difficulty that I have for this project, is that Heidegger is no longer with us. As such, I am publ…